The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-09

City Court.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta has a starch mandatory.
Perry is soon to have two brass bands.
aIilledgeville is to have new fire com
pany.
Albany expects to have her third bank
soon.
The Georgia Legislature will reconvene on
July &.
The Warren county gold mines are being
developed.
All the prisoners of the Hall county Jail
escaped Friday night.
An elegant new depot is now about COM
pleted at Rabun Gap Junction.
Montgomery Superior Court has been adj
journed, owing to Judge Kibbee's sickness.
The people of Madison county have great
faith in the Augusta and Chattanooga rail
road.
The Salvation Army meetings at Athens
are simmering out since the novelty has
worn off.
The work on the Gainesville cotton fac
tory is progressing rapidly. The building is
50xl50 feet.
Last Friday Monticello scored its sixty
fourth man shot down on the public square
since the war.
About June 20 or % a select party of
Grifinites will leave for two weeks trip to
Pablo Beach, Fla
The clerks in Macon are agitating the
O'Clock closing movement. We trust that
they will be successful.
Mr.. Ike r. Barr, prominent young man
of Columbus, died at his fathers residence
near that city Monday night
Mrs. F. M. Brown, the proprietress of the
Brown House, Sylvania, was married Tues
day night to ]. j. Longest, of Richmond,
Va.
The Telegraph says the indications are
that the State fair next fall will be SUI
perior to any held within the past several
years.
Perry Journal: Crops are very fine in this
section at present, and are in good condition
Mr.. s. J. Wells has the largest cotton we
have seen.
A few days ago W. A. Sims, of Daniels
vile, killed large rattlesnake that meas
ured about four feet in length, and had four
rattles and button
James McCollum was In Summerville
Monday for the first time in twenty-three
years, though he has lived all that time
within eight miles of the town.
The election for captain of the Madison
Home Guards came off last Friday, and Mr..
w. S. McHenry was unanimously elected,
the vote polled being forty-five.
The Athens agent of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals threatens
to prosecute the police for shooting the
ownerless ours that infest that burg.
At Norcross Monday evening Mrs. Mary
J. Murray, of that place, was united in mat
rimony to Mr. Moses p. Strickland, of Dial
las, Tex, Rev. j. L. King officiating.
The District Conference of the Eufaula
district, Methodist Episcopal church South,
will convene at Perote, Bullock county, on
Aug. 10. Bishop Duncan will preside
A new daily paper, the Graphic, is billed
for Gainesville this week The editorial
control viii be under Prof. A. w. Van
Hoose, and business management T. H.
Sanford
Athens Banner: The original manu-
script of ''Home Sweet Home" was not in
TERED in the coffin of Miss Mary Harden,
as reported, but is in the possession of a lady
of Athens.
Prof. A. w. Van Hoose, of the Georgia
Baptist Seminary at Gainesville, will next
week break dirt for the erection of the main
building for that institution. 1t will be
60x140, and two stories high.
The Canton Advance is contemplating
issuing daily during the meeting of the
North Atlanta District Conference, which
will be held at that place from July Is to II
in all about five or six issues.
lu6 hlllgifUS Oh 1aDOf IN macon
are moving in the matter of an improve
ment company of their own. There are to
be 1900 shares at SO a share, and each men,
Der is required to take two or more.
The Talbotton Methodist and Baptist
Sunday schools picnicked at Persons Noun
tain Spring Saturday, where good things to
eat were in abundance After dinner free
ride to Bostick was very much enjoyed.
Dorse Williams, of Madison county, says
he can show the G., @. & n, road a route by
which it can reach Elberton with only one
stream to cross and a cheaper and shorter
way than the one surveyed.
Mrs. Martha @. Ward, living near Bethel
widow of Mr.. Payten Ward, drew her back
dues on pension this week, which amounted
to S90S. She will receive $12 per month the
balance of her life. Her husband was in the
war Of 1912.
Mr.. David Croft, father of Conductor
Croft, of the Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama railroad, died in Carrollton Sun
day, at the advanced age of 90 years. Mr..
Croft was most estimable man, and large
number of friends mourn his loss.
Sunday evening lightning struck col
ored mans house, near the house of Mr.. H.
l.. Britain, in South Athens The family
We're all sitting in the house. None of them
were hurt The house was owned by John
Henry Mack, and was badly damaged.
From Jan. i to June 4, a period of 1856
days it is shown by the records in the signal
service Office that as compared with the
normal temperature and rainfall there has
been in Atlanta a departure of 1l2' excess
of temperature and a. AZ inches of deficiency
in rainfall
Athens must be enjoying" a veritable
summer siesta in business, according to the
following from the Banner Wdtchnlan:
''The sidewalks are so grown up with grass
that ladies have to walk in the middle of
the streets in many parts Of our city. Can
not this be remediedp
Last week Polk Hinton's wife broke into
Thomas O'Bannon's house in Broomtown
valley, Chattooga county, and stole guam
tity of clothing. She was brought in Sat
urday night and put in Jail; was tried Mon
day, and before night was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary.
On Saturday afternoon negro boy, who
in some way got into the Macon union depot,
grabbed tin box containing S15 belonging
TO I. Q. Parker and ran through the depot
He was seen TO take the box and run, butbe
was too fieet-footed to be caught, and the
matter was reported to the police
Charlie Nash, of Jackson county, says
that there are plenty of peaches Mt the old
Nash place, near Harmony Grove 1t is on
O hioh ridge and Nj. Nash savs ha bae no